House for Sale in Charente, Stone Barn on 2,300 m²
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Poitou-Charentes, Charente, Grassac, France, Grassac (France)
0 Bedrooms · 0 Bathrooms · 190m² Floor area
€56,700
House
No parking
0 Bedrooms
0 Bathrooms
190m²
No garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
This house for sale in Charente is a stone barn near Grassac with 190 m² of space, a 2,300 m² plot and half its roof already redone. It sits in a quiet hamlet, and at 56,700 EUR it is priced for someone ready to take on a conversion.
A House for Sale in Charente Priced as a Project
Let's be straight about what this is. It is not a finished home. It is a solid stone shell with a lot of room to work with. The condition is rated good and the roof is partly new, but the layout, the fit-out and the connections are still yours to plan. At this price you get 190 m² under cover and more than 2,300 m² of land, and that ratio is the whole appeal.
The Stone Barn and Its Outbuilding
The main building is a traditional stone barn with roughly 160 m² of floor space. Barns give you something a standard house never will: volume, thick walls and the freedom to decide where every room goes. The listing points to three realistic uses: a primary residence, a second home, or a rental project.
An adjoining building of about 40 m² completes the property. It could become a studio, a workshop or a home office, which is handy if you want to live in one part while you work on the other.
Roof, Utilities and Renovation Scope
The roof is the expensive part of any barn, and here half of it has been completely redone. The other half is described as in very good condition. That removes the biggest unknown for many buyers.
What remains is the conversion itself. The utilities still need to be connected, so ask early where the nearest supplies are and what bringing them to the building will cost. Turning a barn into a dwelling normally requires planning permission for a change of use, so check with the local mairie before you commit to plans. After that, expect to plan insulation, heating, kitchen and bathrooms from scratch, as with most barn conversions. A visit from a local architect or builder before you make an offer is money well spent.
Living Near Grassac, La Rochefoucauld and Angoulême
Grassac is a small commune in the Charente countryside, and the hamlet is the kind of place where the loudest sound is a tractor. La Rochefoucauld, with its château and everyday shops, is the nearest town of any size, roughly 15 minutes away. Angoulême, the departmental capital, is around half an hour by car. It has an old town perched on its ramparts, the comic-strip museum and a high-speed train station. The Forêt de la Braconne is close by for walking and cycling, and the Cognac houses are about an hour to the west.
The climate is oceanic, with warm summers and mild winters by French standards. That makes this a realistic holiday home in Charente for long stays outside the peak months.
Getting There: Airports and Drive Times
Limoges airport is about 1 hour 15 minutes by car. Bordeaux-Mérignac is roughly two hours away. Angoulême station has direct trains to Bordeaux in under an hour, and Paris is a little over two hours by TGV. For a second home in France, that mix of airports and rail makes year-round visits straightforward.
Key Features
- Property type: stone barn for conversion, sold as a house
- Living area: about 190 m²
- Main barn: roughly 160 m² of floor space
- Adjoining building: about 40 m²
- Plot: about 2,300 m²
- Condition: good
- Roof: half completely redone, the other half in very good condition
- Utilities: to be connected
- Location: quiet hamlet near Grassac, Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Potential use: primary residence, second home or rental project
- Price: 56,700 EUR
Frequently Asked Questions
Can this barn work as a holiday rental?
The listing names rental as one possible use, and the 40 m² adjoining building could become a separate studio. Charente draws visitors for Cognac, Angoulême and the countryside, but you would need the conversion finished and permissions in place first.
What work is left to do?
Half the roof is new and the rest is in very good condition, so the main job is the conversion itself. That means connecting utilities, designing the interior and securing change-of-use permission where needed. Get a local builder's quote before you make an offer.
Does it suit a second home in France?
Once converted, yes. The setting is quiet and rural, so you will want a car for shopping and a local contact to check on the house in winter.
Want to ask questions or arrange a viewing of this barn near Grassac? Contact Homestra and we will put you in touch with the seller's agent.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 0
- Size
- 190m²
- Price per m²
- €298
- Garden size
- 2300m²
- Has Garden
- No
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 0
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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